The IRS imposes both a first tier excise tax (15 percent) and a second tier excise tax (100 percent) on a prohibited transaction. The tax is applied to the amount involved in the transaction. Here, ...
Any transaction, whether direct or indirect, between a plan and a disqualified person (see Q 3981) constitutes a prohibited transaction under the IRC. These transactions include: (1) a sale, exchange, ...
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A case brought in 2016 against Cornell University will be reviewed for how strictly the courts should read ERISA on transactions between plan sponsors and service providers. The U.S. Supreme Court has ...
A package of regulatory amendments attached to the Labor Department's new "retirement security rule" may carry just as much impact as the primary guidelines. The slideshow below displays 17 provisions ...
A Self-Directed IRA LLC can potentially invest in real estate; however, if that real estate transaction takes place with a sibling of the account holder, for example, it would represent a prohibited ...
A lawsuit by a small 401(k) plan against its former record keeper over a $20,703 surrender charge has erupted into a battle between the Department of Labor and retirement industry trade organizations ...
The Labor Department's new potential "retirement security rule" carries significant changes to existing guidelines known as prohibited transaction exemptions for fiduciary investment advice. While the ...